This past November, just a few weeks after the presidential election, Donald Trump quietly settled a fraud case against Trump University for $25 million, rather than go to court and respond to charges that the unaccredited education company operating under his name, was, to quote a former Trump University employee, “a fraudulent scheme… that preyed […]
Tag Archives: Twilight Zone
The redeployment of Mike Pence, agent of distraction, and the ever widening war with the NFL
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 60 Minutes, Bob Corker, bots, culture war, Dan Pfeiffer, distraction, Donald Trump, election hacking, election integrity, Facebook, football, fraud, Hamilton, Indiana Colts, kneeling, Mike Pence, NFL, political theater, protests, Puerto Rico, race, race relations, racism, Russia, settlement, stunts, Trump University, white victimization, World War III 25 Comments
Finding out that she only loves you for your corpse…
Someone should remake Love American Style for the modern era the same way that Charlie Brooker brought back the Twilight Zone for a new generation in the form of Black Mirror… And the first episode, I think, should draw its inspiration from the following story. If you haven’t read the news, it would appear that […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Afton Elaine Burton, Black Mirror, Charles Manson, Charlie Brooker, corpses on display, Love American Style, marriage, Valentine's Day 9 Comments
On exploring space, drinking beer from my enemy’s skull, and the art of sweding
Is it just me, or does it seem as though every time there’s talk of cutting NASA’s budget, the space agency issues a press release saying that they’ve found some new, Earth-like planet? I’m not faulting them for it. I’d probably do the same thing. I just think that it’s interesting. (I bet they’re sitting […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other, Science, Uncategorized Also tagged Earth-like planets, Hugo, Kepler 20F, Kepler space telescope, Kim Jong Il, manned space flight, Mark as Kim Jong Il, Martin Scorsese, Maynardtown, Michel Gondry, Michelangelo, NASA, NASA funding, PBR, space exploration, supreme leader, Taxi Driver, the end of the earth, Water Street 11 Comments